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Shanghai Expo Mart

Shanghai Expo Mart is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shanghai Expo Mart rather than just read about it. In short: The Shanghai Expo Mart (Chinese: 上海世博会展中心; pinyin: Shànghǎi shìbóhuì zhǎn zhōngxīn; Shanghainese: Zånhe sypohwe zaen tsonshin), formerly the Africa Joint Pavilion (Chinese: 非洲聯合館), is an exhibition hall near the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. The hall was originally constructed for Expo 2010 and consists of 21,000 square metres (230,000 sq ft) of indoor area and 3,600 square metres (39,000 sq ft) of outdoor space.

Key takeaways

Shanghai Expo Mart belongs to engineering; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Shanghai Expo Mart to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Shanghai Expo Mart from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Shanghai Expo Mart (Chinese: 上海世博会展中心; pinyin: Shànghǎi shìbóhuì zhǎn zhōngxīn; Shanghainese: Zånhe sypohwe zaen tsonshin), formerly the Africa Joint Pavilion (Chinese: 非洲聯合館), is an exhibition hall near the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. The hall was originally constructed for Expo 2010 and consists of 21,000 square metres (230,000 sq ft) of indoor area and 3,600 square metres (39,000 sq ft) of outdoor space. The hall underwent renovation after the expo, with renovations finishing in November 2011.

Africa Joint Pavilion The Shanghai Expo Mart was originally constructed for Expo 2010 as the Africa Joint Pavilion. It was built as a collaboration with Chinese and African people, and was completed in September 2009. The pavilion had a large, abstract mural of trees painted on the side of the building. The mural was nearing completion on June 11, 2009, and was shown on the building during the expo. The site was used to showcase the development and culture of cities in Africa. The expo lasted from May 1 until October 31, 2010. On May 19, the exhibit set a record after receiving one million visitors during the course of the exhibition, on June 22 broke five million visitors, and passed 10 million in July. It was both the largest pavilion and represented the highest number of countries of any pavilion at a World Expo. The pavilion featured exhibits from 42 African countries and 8 countries represented through their membership of the African Union. After the end of Expo 2010, the expo management's plan was to demolish all of the national pavilions from the event except for China's. Some of the buildings had cost $16 million to construct, and after the event, six of them were donated to the city of Shanghai from other countries: the Saudi Arabia Pavilion, the Italy Pavilion, the Luxemburg Pavilion, the Spain Pavilion, the Russia Pavilion and the France Pavilion. Some of the pavilions were temporarily re-purposed: the Italy Pavilion became the Shanghai Italian Center, the Expo Performance Center became the Mercedes-Benz Arena, the China Pavilion became the China Art Palace, and the Africa Joint Pavilion became the Shanghai Expo Mart. The arena is host to sports, concerts, and other events; the China Art Palace hosts pieces of artwork. The Pudong Expo Site Management Office still plans to demolish most of the pavilions if regional development plans have need for the area; however, the Africa Joint Pavilion would be kept permanently. After the expo, the Africa Joint Pavilion was renovated, with the renovations finishing in November 2011. The pavilion was also renamed to the Shanghai Expo Mart.

References

External links Official website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shanghai Expo Mart

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shanghai Expo Mart claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shanghai Expo Mart before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shanghai Expo Mart ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shanghai Expo Mart

In research: Shanghai Expo Mart appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shanghai Expo Mart in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shanghai Expo Mart is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Buildings and structures completed in 2010, Buildings and structures in Shanghai, Expo 2010, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shanghai Expo Mart outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Shanghai Expo Mart in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Shanghai Expo Mart means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Shanghai Expo Mart out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Shanghai Expo Mart in simple terms?

Why does Shanghai Expo Mart matter?

Because it connects several engineering ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Shanghai Expo Mart?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Shanghai Expo Mart.